Stocking and the method of making



' (No Model.)

R. W. SCOTT. Stocking and the Method of Making.

No 234,074. Patented Nov. 2,1880.

N-PETERS, PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D c.

UNITED STATES ATENT Enron.

ROBERT V. SCOTT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCKING AND THE METHOD OF MAKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,074, dated November2, 1880,

Application filed September 14, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, Bonner WALTER Scorr, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement inSocks 0r Stockings and in the Mode of Making Same, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Myinvention relates to certain improvements in that class of stockingswhich are made from tubes of knitted fabric; and the object of myinvention is to make a stocking which will be free at the toe and heelfrom abrupt and uncomfortable corners or projections.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are perspective viewsillustrating the preparation of the tube of knitted fabric for theformation of the heel; Fig. 3, a side view of the finished stocking,drawn to a larger scale than Figs. 1 and 2 5 Fig. 4, a view of theheel-strip; Fig. 5, a View showing the mode of applying the heel-stripto the tube; and Figs. 6, 7, and 8, perspective views, illustrating themethod of forming the toe.

A tube, A, of knitted fabric, of which the sock or stocking is to beformed, is partly severed on the line a, Fig. 1, so that it can be bentto the shape shown in Fig. 2 preparatory to the formation of the heel.

The stitches on the edge I) of the severed tube being applied to theneedles of a knittingmachine, a heel-strip, B, of the shape shown inFig. 4, is knitted to the said edge I), as shown in Fig. 5. The strip Bis of rectangular form, and has in the lower edge a recess, 6, so thatwhen the strip is knitted to the tube A, as in Fig. 5, a projectingcorner, f, is formed. This corner is folded on the diagonal line w, theedges g and h are united to the edges g and h, and the edge 1. to theedge 2', the formation of the heel being completed by uniting the edgesm m of the strip B to the severed edge at of the tube A, as shown inFig. 3, the heel being of course, rounded by the subsequent pressingoperation to which all socks and stockings of this class are subjected.

The abrupt corner or lump common to the heels of ordinary cheap socksand stockings is obviated by this method of forming the heel, the latterbeing beveled, and therefore better adapted for the reception of thefinal rounded shape due to pressing than the ordinary socks orstockings.

The toe is formed as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, a piece, D, of theshape shown in Fig. 6, being first knitted to the lower half of the endof that portion of the tube A forming the foot of the sock or stocking,as shown by the' dotted line It in Figs. 6 and 8.

The piece D consists of a strip, n, with a projecting flap, p, at eachend. These flaps p are folded on the diagonal lines 3 the edges 8 s ofthe flaps united to each other, and the edges t t of the flaps united tothe edge t of the strip n, as shown in Fig. 7, after which the foot ofthe stocking is folded longitudinally, as shown in Fig. 8, and the toecompleted by uniting the edges '0 c of the flaps p to the upper half, w,of the end of that part of the tube A forming the foot of the stockingor sock, as shown in Fig. 3.

The various edges of the heel-piece B and toe-piece D are securedtogether or to the severed edges of the tube A by means of the ordinaryseaming-machine, so that the seams are not protuberant and do notinterfere with the comt'ort'of the wearer, my improved sock or stockingbeing in this respect equal to expensive stockings, the heels and toesof which are formed by means of a narrowing-frame.

In a separate application for patent filed by me on the 27th day ofAugust, 1880, I have shown another method of forming the heel and toe ofthe stocking, which I disclaim in this application, my present plan ofmaking the heel and toe differing from the former plan both in the shapeof the heel and toe pieces and in the method of folding and seaming thesame.

I claim as my invention- 1. A sock or stocking in which a partly-seteredtube, A, of knitted fabric is combined with a heel-piece, B, having arecess, 0, and corner f, folded on the diagonalline x, the edges 9 g, hh, and t i being united, and the edges m m joined to the severed edge atof the tube, all substantially as set forth.

2. The mode herein described of forming the heel of a sock or stocking,said mode consisting in uniting to a partly-severed tube of knittedfabric a heel-piece, B, having a recess, 6, and diagonally-folded cornerf, as set forth.

font a toe-piece, 1), comprising astrip,n,with IO formed by means of :1piece, I). minimisingat opposite diagonally-folded flaps 10,215specified. strip, 11, with Opposite dingonallyfolded flaps lntestiinonywhereof I have signed my name 12, the edges .s' s and t 1 being united,and the i to this specification in the presence of two sub- ROBT. W.SCOTT.

3. A sock m stocking in which the tee is edges v v joined to the edgeuof the font of I scribing witnesses.

the sock 0r stocking, as set forth. I l

Witnesses:

JAMES F. ToBIN, HARRY SMITH.

4. The nmdeherein desel'ibedof i'ux'mingthe toe of a sock or stocking,said mode consisting in uniting to the end of the tube thinning the

